Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-04
CLEVELAND'S CAREER.
He Receives a Hearty Ova-
ton at st. Louis.
HE SPEAKS AT THE EXCHANGE
And Pays Tribute to the Zeal,
Progress and Prosperity
of the Citizens.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALI
ST. LOUIS, October 3.-Till this
morning the President has been the
guest of Mayor Francis, but to-day
and tomorrow he belongs to the peo-
pie. Fairer weather could not he
asked for. The streets, cleansed by
last nights shower, were free from
dust, and everywhere along the line
of the Presidents ride the sidewalks
were crowded to their utmost capacity,
The Presidents carriage, drawn by
richly caparisoned, housekeeping
black horses, followed by five other
carriages provided for his travelling
companions and the local committee
in charge reached the Francis mansion
five minutes before 10.
THE PRESIDENT STARTS.
At 1915 the President and Mrs.
Cleveland appeared at the door and
were applauded by a crowd Of ladies
and children that had gathered in the
park in front of the residence. There
was a noticeable absence of men.
Major Rainwater entered the car
riage with the President and wife and
in few minutes they were moving
briskly toward the fair grounds,
escorted by a squadron of mounted
police and citizens committee in car
riages. Hundreds of carriages crowd
ed with people awaited on Grand
avenue, at the entrance of Vande-
water place, and joined the procession,
which was strung out along the
avenue for more than mile. There
was no noise whatever along the
route, except the clatter OF the horses
hoofs on the road and the tramp OF
thousands of feet upon the beaten
walk. No mishap or incident occurred
to mar the pleasant morning drive.
and at II As A. NJ. the party arrived at
the gate OF the fair grounds.
CROWDS OF PEOPLE.
The Fair Ground amphitheater and
all the surrounding promenades were
packed. there being quite go, 900 visit
ors present. The party did not alight,
but halt was made, and Mrs. Cleve-
land was presented by the lady sup
erintendent of the kindergarten
schools with handsome baskets OF
flowers. The children, led by band,
sang "Hail Columbia" and the cor
tege, after drive through the grounds,
made it's way back to the city. The
President went direct to the Merchants
Exchange. Mrs. Cleveland went to
the residence of Mrs. Scanlan. soci-
ETY. leader, where the ladies of the
city had an opportunity to pay Their
respects. The President was shown
to the directors room at the Mer-
chants Exchange, where large num-
ber of persons from the interior of the
State were introduced to him by COM
mittees. He afterwards repaired to the
main hall Of the building, where a
public reception took place.
INSIDE THE EXCHANGE.
The hall was jammed to its utmost
capacity with people and the Presi-
dent had difficulty in getting from the
reception room to the platform. On
the first appearance of the President
cheers went up from the multitude
and as he passed to the platform the
enthusiasm was intense. Frank
Gaenne, President OF the Merchants
Exchange, introduced Mayor Francis
and declared it to be the most auspi-
cious day in the history of st. Louis
Mayor Francis then welcomed the
President to the city and state and af,
ter arepetition of cheers the President
responded as follows:
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
eff am expected to make an ex.
tended speech on this occasion l am
afraid that l shall disappoint you
and this l should be sorry to dc
after having succeeded at last through
much tribulation in standing face te
face with my st. Louis friends. The
tribulation of which l speak has
arisen from the extreme kindness OF
a vast number of American people
and the cordial invitation they have
rendered me to stop and see them on
my Way to you. Your city was the
objective point of my travels in this
direction, but it has sometimes seemed
to me that every town between Wash
ington and here has been represented
as being directly on my route, and it
has been hard to convince the kind
and enthusiastic citizens that it would
not be entirely easy with the time at
nv disposal, to pay them all q visit.
My own inclinations leading me in
the direction of their desires, it has
been difficult matter to resist their
opportunities. l have made up my
mind that the people of st. Louis are
to blame for the entire perplexity and
disappointment which this has caused.
for it was through them that l was in
duced to leave home at all. l expect
that anything might say concerning
your State or city in the way of
LAUDATIoN AND GENERALIZATION
Would hardly equal your own esti-
mate of these subjects. l believe that
there was time when st. Louis was
the determined and jealous rival OF
Chicago. 1 do not know whether this
condition continues or not, but l hope
that it does. While you can hardly
expect lookers-on to take sides in such
contest, we are interested to the ex-
tent that such a struggle adds to the
improvement Of the country at large.
Both of these cities exemplify in q
wonderful degree how completely and
speedily American energy and busi-
ness ingenuity utilizes every available
element of municipal growth and how
every useful type Of the worlds popu-
lation is assimilated to the grand pur-
pose of American expansion. At your
fair, one of the largest in the country,
those who seek the best and surest
evidence of your
SUBSTANTIAL PROSPERITY
May well be satisfied, for here they
can see things which are conducive
proofs of thrift and wealth and COM
Portable homes. l hope to see. be-
s;des while here, certain features O